AMD Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card

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Overview
Manufacturer
AMD
Original Series
Radeon HD 6000
Release Date
October 21st, 2010
Launch Price
$179
PCB Code
109-C22437-00
P/N Code
102-C22401-00
Model
AMD C224 SKU 001
Graphics Processing Unit
GPU Model
Barts PRO (Barts)
Architecture
VLIW5 TeraScale 2
Fabrication Process
40 nm
Die Size
255 mm2
Transistors Count
1.7B
Transistors Density
6.7M TRAN/mm2
Stream Cores
1120
Thread Processors
56
SIMD Engines
14
TMUs
56
ROPs
32
Clocks
Base Clock
775 MHz
Boost Clock
TBC MHz
Memory Clock
1000 MHz
Effective Memory Clock
4000 Mbps
Memory Configuration
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus Width
256-bit
Memory Bandwidth
128.0 GB/s

Physical
Interface
PCI-Express 2.0 x16
Width
11.1 cm
Length
22 cm
Height
2-slot
Power Connectors
1× 6-pin
TDP/TBP
127 W
Recommended PSU
450 W
Multi-GPU Support
4-way
Display Outputs
DVI-D DualLink
1 ×
DVI-I DualLink
2 ×
miniDisplayPort
2 ×
HDMI
1 ×
API Support
DirectX
11.0
Vulkan
-
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2

Performance
Pixel Fillrate
24.8 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate
43.4 GTexel/s
Peak FP32
1.7 TFLOPS
FP32 Perf. per Watt
13.7 GFLOPS/W
FP32 Perf. per mm2
6.8 GFLOPS/mm2




  Model nameBoostMemoryPowerCustom SeriesPopularity
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KUROUTOSHIKOU HD 6850 1GB
RH6850-E1GHD/DP
1× 6-pin
 
4%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB
R6850-PM2D1GD5
1× 6-pin
 
16%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB
R6850-PM2D1GD5
1× 6-pin
 
12%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB
R6850-PM2D1GD5
1× 6-pin
 
7%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB
R6850-PMD1GD5
1× 6-pin
 
100%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB Cyclone Power Edition
R6850 CYCLONE 1GD5 POWER EDITION
1× 6-pin CYCLONE
 
41%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB Cyclone Power Edition OC 1× 6-pin CYCLONE
 
8%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB Hawk
R6870 HAWK
1× 6-pin Hawk
 
45%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB OC
R6850-PM2D1GD5/OC
1× 6-pin
 
5%
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MSI HD 6850 1GB OC
R6850-PM2D1GD5/OC
1× 6-pin
 
25%
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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AMD Radeon HD 6990
 
3072
-
 
5 Gbps
 
8 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1600 Cores)
 
1600
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
 
1536
-
 
5.5 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6850 (1440 Cores)
 
1440
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6950
 
1408
-
 
5 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6930
 
1280
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
 
1120
-
 
4.2 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6850
 
1120
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6770
 
800
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6790
 
800
-
 
4.2 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6770 (720 Cores)
 
720
-
 
2.7 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6750
 
720
-
 
4.6 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6570
 
480
-
 
4 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6670
 
480
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6510
 
400
-
 
1 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6530
 
400
-
 
1.2 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6390
 
320
-
 
1 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6450
 
160
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
1 GB D3 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6290
 
80
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6350
 
80
-
 
800 Mbps
 
512 MB D3 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6230
 
80
-
 
1 Gbps
 
512 MB D2 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6250
 
80
-
 
1 Gbps
 
512 MB D2 64b
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
 
1120
-
 
4.2 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6850
 
1120
-
 
4 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6790
 
800
-
 
4.2 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b

AMD Radeon™ HD 6850 GPU Feature Summary:

  • 775MHz Engine Clock
  • 1GB GDDR5 Memory
  • 1000MHz Memory Clock (GDDR5)
  • 128 Gbps memory bandwidth (maximum)
  • 1.5 TFLOPS compute power
  • Double slot form factor
  • TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture
    • 960 Stream Processors
    • 48 Texture Units
    • 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units
    • 32 Color ROP Units
  • PCI Express® 2.1 x16 bus interface
  • “Eye-Definition” graphics
    • DirectX® 11 support
      • Shader Model 5.0
      • DirectCompute 11
      • Programmable hardware tessellation unit
      • Accelerated multi-threading
      • HDR texture compression
      • Order-independent transparency
    • OpenGL 4.1 support
    • Image quality enhancement technology
      • Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
      • Adaptive anti-aliasing
      • Morphological anti-aliasing (MLAA)
      • 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
      • 128-bit floating point HDR rendering
  • AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology1
    • Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
    • Display grouping
      • Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display
  • AMD App Acceleration2
    • AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology3,4
      • OpenCL 1.1
      • DirectCompute 11
      • Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling
    • UVD 3 dedicated video playback accelerator
      • MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
      • VC-1
      • MPEG-2 (SD & HD)
      • Multi-View Codec (MVC)
      • MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, Xvid)
      • Adobe Flash
    • Enhanced Video Quality features
      • Advanced post-processing and scaling
      • Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction
      • Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)
      • Independent video gamma control
      • Dynamic video range control
    • Dual-stream HD (1080p) playback support
    • DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support
  • AMD HD3D technology5
    • Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support
    • Blu-ray 3D support
    • Stereoscopic 3D gaming
    • 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support
  • AMD CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology6
    • Dual GPU scaling
  • Cutting-edge integrated display support
    • DisplayPort 1.2
      • Max resolution: 2560×1600 per display
      • Multi-Stream Transport
      • 21.6 Gbps bandwidth
      • High bit-rate audio
    • HDMI® (With 3D, Deep Color and x.v.Color™)
      • Max resolution: 1920×1200
    • Dual-link DVI with HDCP
      • Max resolution: 2560×1600
    • VGA
      • Max resolution: 2048×1536
  • Integrated HD audio controller
    • Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI or DisplayPort with no additional cables required
    • Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
  • AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology4
    • Dynamic power management with low power idle state
    • Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations
  • AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software
    • Unified graphics display drivers
      • Certified for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
    • AMD Catalyst Control Center™
      • Software application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing special features of AMD Radeon products

Requirements

  • PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
  • 500 Watt or greater power supply recommended7
  • Certified power supplies are recommended.  Refer to https://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
  • Minimum 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, and a display
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD
  • Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive and a Blu-ray disc
  • For an AMD CrossFireX™ system, a second AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series graphics card, an AMD CrossFireX™ Ready motherboard and one AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect cable is required

Footnotes

©2010 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, Catalyst, CrossFireX, PowerPlay, Radeon and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. PCI Express is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Additional hardware (e.g. Blu-ray drive, HD or 10-bit monitor, TV tuner) and/or software (e.g. multimedia applications) are required for the full enablement of some features. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.

  1. AMD Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort™ connectors, and/or DisplayPort™ compliant active adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort™ connector(s), are required. SLS (“Single Large Surface”) functionality requires an identical display resolution on all configured displays.
  2. AMD App Acceleration is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of some features requires support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology and/or AMD’s Universal Video Decoder (UVD).
  3. AMD PowerPlay™ and AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) are technology platforms that include a broad set of capabilities offered by certain AMD Radeon™ HD GPUs. Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.
  4. Requires application support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology. AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing technology works with applications designed to take advantage of its GPU acceleration capabilities.
  5. AMD HD3D is a technology designed to enable stereoscopic 3D support in games, movies and/or photos. Requires 3D stereo drivers, glasses, and display. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. A list of supported stereoscopic 3D hardware is available at https://www.amd.com/HD3D.
  6. AMD CrossFireX™ technology requires an AMD CrossFireX Ready motherboard, an AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect (for each additional graphics card) and may require a specialized power supply.
  7. Minimum recommended system power supply wattage is based on the specific graphics card and the typical power requirements of other system components. Your system may require more or less power. OEM and other pre-assembled PCs may have different power requirements.

 

AMD Aims to Deliver “Perfect Graphics Cards” for Gamers with New AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series

Next-generation graphics cards introduce unprecedented levels of game performance, best-in-class energy efficiency, and an unmatched feature set starting at $1791
SUNNYVALE, Calif. —10/21/2010 

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the next generation of PC gaming, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series, designed to be “perfect graphics cards” for gamers by delivering unprecedented game performance starting at $179 SEP.2 The new AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics cards provide more than 30 percent greater game performance than competing products, harnessing AMD’s second-generation Microsoft DirectX® 11-capable architecture, best-in-class energy efficiency, and an unmatched feature set, including AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology. The AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series is available immediately from etailers worldwide.

“AMD is the market share leader by a landslide in DirectX® 11 graphics,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, GPU Division, AMD. “Through our sweet spot strategy and our open, industry standards approach, we’ve worked to deliver the best possible experience for gamers. Today, our laser focus on gamers continues with the introduction of what we think is far and away the best graphics card series today, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series. With exceptional game performance, an unrivaled feature set including breathtaking DirectX® 11 gaming, AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology, AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing, and more, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series will have all gamers wanting to get Radeon™ in their systems.”

“One of the great advantages of PC gaming is the rapid pace at which the experiences evolve and improve, and the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series delivers on the promise of DirectX® 11 gaming with significantly improved visuals and enhanced performance,” said Craig Owens, marketing director, EA. “With Medal of Honor, EA is pushing the boundaries of gaming technology to deliver a whole new online experience, and it only makes sense that we leverage the latest DirectX® 11 technology supported by AMD Radeon™ graphics cards to deliver an amazing experience for gamers.”

Leading DirectX® 11 Performance and Eye-Definition Graphics

  • Ultimate efficiency for ultimate performance: With the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series, AMD aims to recreate the same incredible value proposition of the original “sweet spot” products, the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series graphics cards. Taking full advantage of AMD’s experience with DirectX® 11, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series is AMD’s second-generation DirectX® 11-enabled chip designed to deliver more than 30 percent greater game performance over the closest competing products in their class and even faster tessellation for a more realistic gaming experience.1,3 The AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series’ architectural efficiency and advances in power management technology deliver in best-in-class energy efficiency.1
  • New and improved image quality features: AMD Radeon™ 6800 series graphics cards feature improved image quality, including all-new morphological anti-aliasing compatible with DirectX® 9, DirectX® 10, or DirectX® 11 applications, and improved anisotropic filtering.
  • Built for DirectX®11 games and more: DirectX®11 has quickly become the new standard for PC games. The majority of game developers chose AMD Radeon™ graphics cards as their development platform of choice for their DirectX® 11 games, and today AMD continues to enjoy strong relationships with those developers and many more. Beyond DirectX® 11 games, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series also delivers an exceptional game play experience in DirectX® 9, DirectX® 10, DirectX® 10.1 and OpenGL titles in single card or multi-card AMD CrossFireX™ configurations.4

Expand Your Experience with AMD Eyefinity Technology and Leading Display Technologies

  • Continued industry leadership in multi-display computing: The AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics cards are the first in the industry to offer support for both DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a, providing PC users with expanded options for multi-monitor configurations, display selection, and new DisplayPort audio features.
  • Simple, flexible, affordable multi-display computing with AMD Eyefinity: AMD Eyefinity technology continues to be the most affordable multi-display solution available, offering incredible choice in display compatibility and configurations.5 More than 45 game titles have been AMD Eyefinity-validated or are AMD Eyefinity-ready titles, and there are hundreds of more games that are AMD Eyefinity-compatible. Additionally, continuing improvements to AMD Catalyst™ graphics drivers may unlock new functionality and flexibility in AMD Eyefinity features and configurations.
  • AMD HD3D technology for even more choice in 3D entertainment: With the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics cards, AMD is introducing AMD HD3D technology, the result of our open 3D initiative for stereo 3D gaming and movies. AMD HD3D technology supports over 400 titles through its partners, and AMD’s open 3D ecosystem approach encourages the broadest selection of 3D solutions, available at the most affordable cost.6

Live Life at EyeSpeed with AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing

  • Do more, faster with AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology: Enjoy new features, functionality and improved performance in top media, entertainment and productivity applications made possible by AMD APP technology.7
  • Enhanced video quality features: The AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics cards features Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD), a dedicated video playback accelerator that enables users to get the most out of Blu-ray™ 3D movies, other HD video formats, and online video, while enjoying video quality improvements such as advanced post-processing and scaling, dynamic contrast enhancement, color correction and more.
  • Extensive support of industry standards: The AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics cards fully support both DirectCompute and OpenCL™, ensuring broad application support.

Partner Support

  • The AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics cards is supported by a dozen add-in-board companies, including ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, GIGABYTE, HIS (Hightech Information Systems), MSI, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE Technology, VisionTek and XFX.

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